Department Chair

Margaret (Midge) Thomas, Sylvia Marx Professor of Music, Chair of the Music Department

Margaret (Midge) Thomas

Sylvia Marx Professor of Music, Chair of the Music Department

Tonal and non-tonal music theory • Issues of rhythm and time in contemporary music • Music theory pedagogy • Analysis of jazz and popular music


Faculty

John P. Anthony, Professor of Music, College Organist

John P. Anthony

Professor of Music, College Organist

Baroque music • Organ music


Thomas Brown, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music, trumpet

Thomas Brown

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music, trumpet

Trumpet • Cornet


Gary A. Buttery, Adjunct Associate Professor of Music, Director of Bands and Jazz Ensembles

Gary A. Buttery

Adjunct Associate Professor of Music, Director of Bands and Jazz Ensembles, Tuba and Euphonium Instructor

Tuba • Euphonium • Conductor • Arranger/Composer


John Clark, Adjunct Associate Professor of Music

John Clark

Adjunct Associate Professor of Music

Jazz • American music • History of western music


Christine Coyle, Adjunct Instructor of Music

Christine Coyle

Adjunct Instructor of Music

Cello


Mathias Elmer, Visiting Assistant Professor of Music, Director of Orchestral Activities

Mathias Elmer

Visiting Assistant Professor of Music, Director of Orchestral Activities

Music Theory • Literature


Ian Frenkel, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music

Ian Frenkel

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music

Jazz piano


Andrew Greenwald, Visiting Assistant Professor of Music

Andrew Greenwald

Visiting Assistant Professor of Music

Music Theory • Composition • Algorithmic Music • Hip-Hop • Rock and Roll • American Music • Experimental Music • Electronic Music, Intermedia, Jazz


Patricia L. Harper, Adjunct Professor of Music

Patricia L. Harper

Adjunct Professor of Music

Flute


Maksim Ivanov Zhdanovskikh, Adjunct Associate Professor of Music

Maksim Ivanov Zhdanovskikh

Adjunct Associate Professor of Music

Voice


Peter Jarvis, Adjunct Associate Professor of Music

Peter Jarvis

Adjunct Associate Professor of Music

Percussion • Chamber music


Jaroslaw Lis, Adjunct Instructor of Music, Violin

Jaroslaw  Lis

Adjunct Instructor of Music, Violin

Violin


Wes Mayhew , Adjunct Instructor of Music, Trombone

Wes Mayhew

Adjunct Instructor of Music, Trombone

Trombone


Mark McCormick, Adjunct Associate Professor of Music

Mark McCormick

Adjunct Associate Professor of Music

Jazz • Double bass


James McNeish, Adjunct Associate Professor of Music, Classical Guitar Performance, Acoustical recording engineer

James McNeish

Adjunct Associate Professor of Music, Classical Guitar Performance, Acoustical recording engineer

Classical guitar • Acoustical music


Wendy K. Moy, Associate Professor of Music, Director of Choral Activities

Wendy K. Moy

Associate Professor of Music, Director of Choral Activities, Head of Music Education

(Sabbatical academic year 19-20)

Choral conducting and methods • Music education: pre-service and professional development • Culture of singing communities • Models of collaborative learning and music-making


Patrice Newman, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music

Patrice  Newman

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music

Piano


Rebecca Noreen, Adjunct Associate Professor of Music

Rebecca Noreen

Adjunct Associate Professor of Music

Bassoon


Kelli O'Connor, Adjunct Instructor of Music, Clarinet

Kelli O'Connor

Adjunct Instructor of Music, Clarinet

Clarinet


Kumi Ogano, Adjunct Associate Professor of Music

Kumi Ogano

Adjunct Associate Professor of Music

Piano • Composers Toru Takemitsu and Akira Miyoshi


Megan Sesma, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music, Harp

Megan Sesma

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music, Harp

Harp


Joshua Thomas, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music, saxophone

Joshua Thomas

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music, saxophone

Saxophone


Jaime L. Thorne, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music, French horn

Jaime L. Thorne

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music, French horn

French horn


Libby Van Cleve, Adjunct Professor of Music

Libby Van Cleve

Adjunct Professor of Music

Oboe


Jurate Švedaite Waller, Adjunct Associate Professor of Music, Voice

Jurate Švedaite Waller

Adjunct Associate Professor of Music, Voice

Vocal instruction • Opera


James Dale Wilson, Associate Professor of Music, Ethnomusicologist, Jazz Composer/Arranger

James Dale Wilson

Associate Professor of Music, Ethnomusicologist, Jazz Composer/Arranger

Ethnomusicology • Jazz • Guangdong ritual and ritual music • Southeast Chinese perspectives on migration and transnationalism



Staff

Erin Todisco

Academic Department Assistant

Paul Althouse, Professor Emeritus of Music

Paul Althouse

Professor Emeritus of Music

Choral music • Recordings


Arthur Kreiger, Sylvia Marx Professor Emeritus of Music, Fellow, Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology

Arthur Kreiger

Sylvia Marx Professor Emeritus of Music, Fellow, Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology

Composition • Electronic music


Ralph Thorp

In Memoriam

Frank Church

Thomas Labadorf

Thomas Stoner